​DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD

This award is presented to those individuals outside the coaching profession who have served interscholastic athletics on a state wide level above and beyond the call of duty.

Recipients

1	1976	Boell, Ed	West Palm Beach	Offical
2		Certo Dr Rocco	North Miami	Doctor
3		Freeland, Johnny	Sebring	Asst Principal
4		McCall, Ken	Orlando	Track Offical
5		Parrish, Hugh	Howey-In-The-Hills	Volleyball
6	1977	Buchalter, Bill	Orlando	Press
7		Pace, Dick	Maitland	Offical
8		Plante, Ken	Winter Park	Senator
9		Potter, Bill	Univ of Florida	State Tennis
10		Robertson, Wib	Winter Park	Principal
11		Witt, John	Vero Beach	Principal
12	1978	Farnum, Ed	Deland	Nautalis
13		Friend, Sid	Jacksonville	Principal
14		Kynes, Jim	Tampa	Jim Walters Corp
15	1979	Dickey, Doug	Gainesville	College Football
16		Harrison, Doc	Lakeland	FHSAA
17		McDonald, Martha	Ocala	FACA Exec Sec Wife
18		Vickers, Jim	Winter Park	TrackOffical
19		Wells,Dick	Lakeland	Basketball Scorer
20	1980	Deason, Carlos	Quincy	FHSAA
21		Mitchell, Sam	Vernon	FHSAA
22		Nicklaus, Jack	Palm Beach	Golf
23		Noe, Clarence	Ft Lauderdale	State Track Referee
24		Rozelle, Fred	St Petersburg	FHSAA
25		Wiren, Gary	Palm Beach	Golf
26		Yancey, Jim	Ocala	Golf
27	1981	Carnes, Jimmy	Gainesville	Sunshine State Games
28		Cook Bob,	Miami	Track Rules Clinics
29		Gaither, Jake	Tallahassee	College Football
30		Henderson, Doug	Tallahassee	Sports Medicine
31		Knowels, Curtis	Miami	FHSAA
32		Lane, Dr Bronson	Orlando	Dairy Farmers, Inc
33		Sasse, Skip	Ft Lauderdale	Track Meet Announcer
34	1982	Clark, Max	Tallahassee	Sunshine State Games
35		Smith, Hank	Winter Park	Track Meet Scorer
36		Gurnsey, Ron	Orlando	Ins Agency of Amer
37		Ralph, Martin	Orlando	Ins Agency of Amer
38	1983	Curley, Frank	West Palm Beach	Principal
39		Herman, Paul	Orlando	Track Offical
40		Thomas, Harold	Ocala	Printer of Fla Coach
41	1984	Martin, Glenn	Maitland	Ins Agency of Amer
42		McDonald, Carey	Ocala	NHSACA Exec Sec
43		Moore, Yogi	Orlando	Burger King
44		Reeves, Bill	Miami	Track Offical
45		Webster, Ed	Ft Lauderdale	Webster Sports
46	1985	Brunson, Dorothy	Gainesville	FHSAA
47		Childes, Mary	Tallahassee	Sunshine State Games
48		Collins, Buddy	Starke	State Record Book
49		Hinley, Vernon	Orlando	Super Seniors
50		Weaver, Buck	Jacksonville	US Army
51	1986	Barnette, Sharon	Ocala	FACA Secretary
52		Flanigan, Jim	Orlando	Nautalis
53		Gilmartin, Bill	Hollywood	Track Offical
54		Mosher, Vivian	Winter Park	State Track Meet
55	1987	Hinley, Herbie	Orlando	Fl-Ga All Star Game
56		McIntosh, Mike	West Palm Beach	TRACK FLORIDA
57	1988	George, Tony	Miami	FACA All-Star Games
58		Sullivan, Mike	Jacksonville	FACA Basketball
59		Varn, Tom	Brooksville	FACA Softball
60	1989	Baker, Norton	Orlando	FL-GA All-Star Game
61		Bourdon, Joe	Jacksonville	Sports Medicine FACA
62		Jones, Roger	Kissimmee	Basketball FL-GA All‑
63		Kinney, Michael	Orlando	Star Game Track
64		Rodriguez, Jose	Gainesville
65	1990	Bosworth, Bill	Jacksonville	FACA All-Star Game
66		Mancini, Herman	Ft Lauderdale     State Track Clerk
67	1991	Bugos, Randy	Orlando	Track
68		Jarrett, Bill	Avon Park	Baseball All-Star Game
69		Joslin, Darryl	Orlando
70		McEachran, Brian	Mims	Track
71		Santulli, Bob	Orlando	Burger King
72	1992	Bales, Buddy	Miami Springs	Principal (FHSAA)
73		Wayne, Ron	Burlinggame,CA	Mizuno Sports
74		Autry, Nick	Fort Deposit,AL	Coaches Stripe    Jacksonville
75		Balentine, Dave	North-South FB Game
76	1993	Davidson, Owen	Daytona	State Football Host
77		Quattire, Tom	Orlando	FL-GA All-Star Game
78		Shearin, Norman	Boca Raton	Principal (FHSAA)
79		Stirt , David	Gainesville	Publisher
80	1994	Braunstein, Barbara	Daytona	FL Tennis Assoc
81		Keast, Rich	Ft Myers	Reebok
82		Robinson, Larry	Saddlebrook	Principal (FHSAA)
83		Steinbrenner, George	Tampa	NY Yankees
84	1995	Bill Boardman		Florida Dairy Farmers
85		Fred Goodwin		F.H.S.A.A.
86		Val Gutierrez		Florida Citrus Sports
87		Dwight Johnson		Sunshine Sports Marketing
88	1996	Fred Bynum		F.H.S.A.A.
89		Jerry Graves		Coca-Cola
90		Marian Krutulis		F.H.S.A.A.
91		Chris Waldeck		Spalding
92	1997	Bud Asher		Mayor, Daytona Beach
93		Pat Lucas		Bradenton-Manatee, Principal
94		Jim McKenzie		Orlando - Video Service
95		Lu Nunnally		Reebok
96	1998	Greg Bradshaw		Gatorade
97		Charles Helm		Jacksonville State XC Meet
98		Tommy Lovett		Sebring - All-Star Baseball
99		Thomas Rowland		Jay High School, Principal
100	1999	Dorothy Brunson		F.H.S.A.A. staff member
101		Michele Cooper		Florida Dairy Farmers
102		Rick Misenti		F.H.S.A.A.
103		Sheldon Stephens		Scottish-Rite / Atlanta
104	2000	Johnny Brooks		DHS Sales
105		Scott Paddock		Gatorade
106		Sebring Firemen, Inc.		Baseball All-Star Classic Host
107		Sam Ward		Orange Park, Principal
108	2001	Sally Burns		Benefit Design Associates
109		Howard Hinesley		F.H.S.A.A.
110		Bill Montford		F.H.S.A.A.
111		Paul Susce		Worth Sports
112	2002	Ron Allen		F.H.S.A.A.
113		Bob Hughes		F.H.S.A.A.
114		Randy Merrill		F.H.S.A.A.
115		Vince Murray		Ocala Star Banner
116	2003	Jason Bryne		flrunners.com
117		Durwood Buck		Lakekand Ledger
118		J.B. Caldwell		Embry-Riddle Unversity
119	2004	Bob Ennis		State Cross Country Meet
120		Charlie Harris		Pro Line Cap Company
121		Bill Seely		Universal Cheerleading Association
122	2005	Dan Boyd		Alachua County, Superintendent
123		Nick Grasso		Clearwater, Principal
124		Gary Hershberger		Horace Mann Insurance
125	2006	Sebring Firemen, Inc
126		Tom Kotchman		Anaheim “Angels”
127		Heather Lough		Pepsi Bottling
128		Mary Jo Ortiz		Hilton Hotels
129	2007	Jen Butler		Gatorade
130		Herman Irani		US Speciality Coating
131		Greg Joly		Loomis & LaPann, Inc.
132	2008	Joe Carter		Orlando Team Sports
133		Paul McLauglin		FHSAA
134		PIP Printing		Ocala
135		Polk County Sports Marketing
136	2009	Mike Cole		Cole-Seely Athletics
137		Billy Woods		Woods Printing – Ocala
138	2010	Andy Beal		MaxPreps
139		Bob Braman		FSU Cross Country
140	2011	Dave Zighelboim		Soccer Locker of Miami
141		Matt Gose		Sebring Firemen, Inc
142		Josh Baker		Baker Sporting Goods
143		Sam Cibrone		St. Leo University
144	2012	Jason Byrne		Florida Runners
145		Chuck Cook		Chuck Cook & Associates
146		Holly Thompson		MF Athletics
147		Paul Gigante		Gigante Productions
148	2013	Brent Edson		North Florida Financial
149		Brett Ewing		First Franklin Financial
150		Austin Maddox		Sebring Firemen, Inc
151		Jeff Ashcroft		B&B Sporting Goods
152	2014	Bruce Bates		Pro Grounds
153		Dome Hats
154		TotalLook by Shieldskin
155		Jan Cairnes		Hanley Center
156	2015	Elite Timing
157		Christy Donovan
158		Gina Hutchinson,		Hilton
159		Harrell & Harrell, PA
160	2016	Rick Williams		Tallahassee Orthopedic Center
161		Bruce Forsyth		North Marion High School PA
162		Penny Cumbo		The Villages
163		Phil Lanford		BSN Sports
164		Dr.Don Hensley		Brooksville
165	2017	Randy Holloway		Beef O’ Bradys – The Villages
166		Dr. Roger Dearing		FHSAA
167		Justin Harrison		FHSAA
168		Mike Wilkes		MaxPreps
169	2018	Transition Program		Leon County Schools
170		Joey Yelvington		Daytona Hilton
171		Charlie Stevenson		PDQ Chicken Fingers
172	2019	Florida Southern Athletics
173		Marc Zimmerman		Polk Sports Marketing
174	2021	Jack Holcomb		New Smyrna Beach
175		Mark Pernell		New Smyrna Beach
176	2022	Jim Watson		Tallahassee Orthopedic
177		Jim Stroup		North Marion Chain Crew
178	2023

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